Improvement in fences



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aient @Hire BENNING- ROWELL, OF BYERSVILLE,

NEW YORK.,

Letters PatcntiNo. 104,065, dated June 7, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN I 'ENCES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern: A

VBe it known that I, Bnxsme RozvnLp, of Byersville, in the county ot'Livingston and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement ing upper and lower cross-bars, for the support of theparallel rails, and said panels being connected at their ends byperpendicular rods passing through said rails and between the crossbarsof the trusses.

In the drawinga a are the parallel rails, and b the slatsaffixed bynails to the rails lin the form-of lattice-work.

The sustaining trusses A are each formed of two side pieces c c,inclined toward each other at their tops, the latter being far enoughapart to admit the upper rails between them, which rails, both upper andlower, rest ou upper and lower pairs of cross-bars e' c, alixed to eachside of the posts c.

Each pair of cross-bars supports the ends of two `rails, andperpendicular rods, d, passing between each pair of cross-bars, 'connectthe ends of the panels, each rod d passing through four rails.

The lower cross-bars c" are mortised out on their upper edges to receivethe lower rails.

Those of the slats b, next the trusses at each end of' each'panel, areperpendicular, and the others are inclined and crossed, as show'n.

This fence is easily put up, easily taken down, and easily transported.

I am aware that every feature of my invention sep, l arately consideredis not new, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as claiming anyof them alone;

but having fully described my invention,

v What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the rails a, slats Ib, side pieces c, cross-bars e'c", and connecting-rods d, all constructed and arranged in themanner'aud foi thc purpose set forth.V

' BENNING ROWELL.

Witnesses JN0. A. VAN Dnnmr, D. L. PACKARD.

